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Mommies - the toughest job
you'll ever love!
Check back often as these selections
are updated whenever we find great books we need to share!
Girlfriend's Guide To Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine
This is a must
read for all first-time pregnant girlfriends, and a definite worthwhile
read for girlfriends who are going through it again.
Vicki Iovine shares her wealth of knowledge from four of her own and
the numerous other pregnancies of her girlfriends.
She will make you feel much better about such subjects as raging
hormones, irrational fears of not being a good enough mommy and weight
gain, just to name a few. So,
in addition to your more medically acceptable guide, such as “What to
Expect When You’re Expecting”, make sure you add this to your library.
It will make you laugh out loud!
Girlfriend's Guide To Pregnancy
The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood by Ariel Gore
In this book,
Ariel Gore (author of The Hip Mama Survival Guide) offers us a collection
of girlfriend-to-girlfriend essays about the ups and downs of motherhood.
Gore, a very unconventional mom, is not afraid to tell it like it is
and does what she can to redefine the meaning of a “good mother”.
If you hadn’t guessed already, Gore is a little lefty and liberal,
so for those girlfriends who are way conservative, this may not be the best
choice for you.
The Mother Trip
Prodigal Sons and Material Girls: How Not to Be Your Child's ATM by Nathan Dungan
The
words of Madonna pretty much sum up the current view of too many children,
“We are living in a material world, and I am a Material Girl”.
Can we help our children combat their possession obsessiveness?
Can we stop indulging them? This
book offers very interesting information on how children value money and
scary statistics on where they might be headed.
And, most importantly, it offers much needed advice on what we can
do to help our children grow into financially responsible adults.
Read it before it’s too late!
Prodigal Sons and Material
Girls
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman
Learn
all about “Girl World” and “Planet Parent” in this book devoted to
helping you understand your adolescent daughter better.
Wiseman discusses in detail cliques, the havoc they can cause, and
the roles each girl plays within them, such as “Queen Bee”.
She also describes different parenting styles like “Pushover
Parents”. Discover how your
style and baggage can affect your relationship with your daughter.
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William S Pollack
Are
real boys all about sports, cars and sex?
Not according to Pollack co-director of the Center
for Men at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical Center.
Pollack asks us to reconsider our stereotype of what boys should be
and informs us that many of today’s boys suffer from fragile self-esteem
with depression and suicide on the rise.
Based on two decades of research, Pollack shares with us his advice
on root causes of problems in boys and pitfalls to avoid.
He encourages us to empathize with our sons and give them the
freedom to explore their sensitive side.
Just as we have been successful in breaking the old stereotype for
girls and they now are free to choose whatever path they’d like,
shouldn’t boys be given the same chance without being tied to
preconceived notions?
Real Boys
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